#38ACC3#38ACC3

#38ACC3 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.343; OKLCH L 69.0% C 0.106 H 213.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#38ACC3
RGBrgb(56, 172, 195)
HSLhsl(190, 55%, 49%)
HSVhsv(190, 71%, 76%)
CMYKcmyk(71.3%, 11.8%, 0%, 23.5%)
CIE-LABlab(65.19, -24.41, -21.07)
CIE-LCHlch(65.19, 32.25, 220.80°)
OKLaboklab(69.03% -0.0877 -0.0587)
OKLCHoklch(69.03% 0.106 213.8)
XYZxyz(26.2296, 34.2829, 56.8541)
Luminance0.3429 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#38ACC3 #C34F38
analogous
#38C395 #38ACC3 #3867C3
triadic
#38ACC3 #C338AC #ACC338
tetradic
#38ACC3 #9538C3 #C34F38 #67C338
square
#38ACC3 #9538C3 #C34F38 #67C338
split-complementary
#38ACC3 #C33867 #C39538
monochromatic
#1D5864 #2A8293 #38ACC3 #65C1D3 #95D4E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.67
#38ACC3 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.86
#38ACC3 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38ACC3
7.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##38ACC3#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##38ACC31.002.677.867.86
#FFFFFF2.671.0021.0021.00
#0000007.8621.001.001.00
##0000007.8621.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#9BA6C4
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#8898C3
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00B5B3
Achromatopsia (no color)
#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #38acc3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 172, 195);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.0% 0.106 213.8);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82c5d5',
    500: '#38acc3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #38acc3;
$custom-light: #82c5d5;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#38acc3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 195
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.928,
    "s": 55.378,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69025,
    "c": 0.10552,
    "h": 213.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.34286
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#38ACC3
secondary
#CC968B
accent
#6249DF
background
#F8FCFD
surface
#F0F8FA
border
#CBD1D3
text
#0C1314
muted
#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #38ACC3

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#38ACC3 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva